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tap water

noun as in water from faucet

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To make sure you get rid of any leftover bleach, take the mask out of the solution and rinse it under the tap water for 10 to 15 seconds—any temperature.

With moderate heat, enzyme-laced films of the plastic disintegrated in standard compost or plain tap water within days to weeks, Ting Xu and her colleagues report April 21 in Nature.

Using very hot tap water, rinse the grains 3 or 4 times, or until the water runs almost clear.

The cold eggs will cool the water right away, so drain the bowl and refill it with more warm tap water.

In 2010, Webster and other residents there began receiving warnings about carcinogenic byproducts in their tap water, created when the city used chlorine to disinfect muddy water.

It should be noted that LA tap water, rather than NYC's famed brand, was chosen for the test.

Is filtered water that much cleaner and safer than tap water?

Soon after, government officials told residents of Charleston, West Virginia, and surrounding areas to stop using tap water.

She accidentally gulped a mouthful of questionable tap water while brushing her teeth.

Officials continue to monitor food and tap water and embargo food products from the area.

Some workers prefer to use tap water, others employ normal saline solution, but distilled water gives the best emulsion.

Stain briefly with Ehrlich's hæmatoxylin (until nuclei are faint blue after washing with tap water).

The glasses are filled to the neck with rain or even tap water, a few lumps of charcoal being dropped into them.

In the first experiments tap water was used and no precautions were taken for excluding air.

Thus, a shallow tin vessel, such as the lid of a biscuit box, may be levelled and filled with tap-water through a rubber hose.

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On this page you'll find 3 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to tap water, such as: adam's ale, and faucet water.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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